Kara yanamensis (Morelet, 1863)

Breure, Abraham S. H. & Avila, Valentin Mogollon, 2016, Synopsis of Central Andean Orthalicoid land snails (Gastropoda, Stylommatophora), excluding Bulimulidae, ZooKeys 588, pp. 1-199 : 48-49

Taxon classification Animalia Stylommatophora Orthalicidae

Kara yanamensis (Morelet, 1863) Figs 45E, 47

Bulimus yanamensis Morelet 1863: 171, pl. 8 fig. 3; Breure and Ablett 2015: 53, figs 8 v–vi, L18ii.

Thaumastus yanamensis ; Richardson 1995: 386 (references).

Thaumastus (Kara) yanamensis ; Ramírez et al. 2003: 282.

Type locality.

[Peru] “Yanama”.

Type material.

MHNG-INVE-60202, lectotype ( Breure 1978: 34).

Additional material.

MHNG-INVE-60202 (1), paralectotype; NHMUK 1893.2.4.167-168 (2), paralectotypes.

Diagnosis.

Shell ovate-conic, colour yellowish with brownish axial streaks, upper whorls pale, aperture height slightly over half the shell height, peristome simple, whitish, parietal callus thin and translucent-whitish.

Dimensions.

Shell height 55.4, diameter 29.5 mm.

Distribution.

Peru, Dept. Apurimac, Yanama (see remarks).

Ecoregion.

Peruvian Yungas [NT0153].

Remarks.

There are different places called Yanama in Peru, but probably the type locality is found between Abancay and Andahaylas, as L. Angrand, the collector, travelled along this route. The relationship of this species with Kara viriata (Morelet, 1863) needs more study as the differences are but slight.